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Plastic Bead Rosaries

from Machine Under Its Own Spell by Corpus Callosum

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    CD in a jewel case, with fold-out artwork by Hannah Blair and photograph by Heather Hryciw.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Machine Under Its Own Spell via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • 11x14 Poster
    Poster/Print + Digital Album

    For those who like to have something to hang on a wall we have made a run of posters of the incredible photograph by Heather Hryciw that was originally in the CD booklet. Staged at Sutro Baths in San Francisco, this photo was shot as a 4x5 positive using the very Deardorff camera you see in the frame. Corpus Callosum members pictured (front to back) are Stevie Hryciw, Zach Michels, Dax Tran-Caffee and Avery Burke.

    With the purchase of this 11x14 poster (which we will mail to you), you also receive a free digital download of "Machine Under Its Own Spell" in the file format of your choosing (we will email you a download code).

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lyrics

well you give me your cigarettes
and you tell me to drive
and then you hit me
until I give you one
and I know some people
they need their cigarettes
but you tell me to hit you back
and you smile when you're tasting blood

put a rosary around your neck
wash your hands clean

and we will skate to the house
where you were born
where your uncle, he was sick
where your mother said to you
that the disease, it was spread
that his disease, it was spread
to punish the ungodly
his disease it was spread
how can we deny it?
when all of his friends are dead
when all of his friends have died
how can we deny it?
so you push away and you say
well, I have slept with a girl, Dax
I know I have it
and you should run while you can
I know you're tired of my face
I think you should get me drunk
and drown me in your bathtub
and I wish you'd hit me harder

put a rosary around your neck
and try to go to school

put a rosary around your neck
fill up all your books
with pictures of your dream girl

and Becky says you've got to concentrate
Becky says that you're a star
Becky says that you don't need friends
and it's ok to be a lesbian

but at night you call your sister
she hasn't come home
and she is out with the boy
who chose your twin over you
but everyone wants to hold your hand
they are telling you to say
everything is gonna be...

and your stepmother's mother speaks
one sunny Easter morning
from behind her black cigarettes
from behind two hundred pounds
from between two electrical scars on her temples
that pills are what saved her
they are necessary for life
you need to keep taking your Luvox, honey
and that's the extent of her advice

put a rosary around your neck
and I wish I had you back

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from Machine Under Its Own Spell, released May 20, 2005

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